Typographic pen



Aug. 1,3, :1'929. G. ANSTON 1,724,064

TYPOGRAPHIC PEN Filed sept. 9. 1927 Gange' nglon Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES GEORG-E ANESTON, O1? CHAGO, LLINIES.

TYOGRAPHC EEN.

Application filed September 9, 1927.

The invention relates to a new typographie pen.

The pen, which is the subject of the following disclosure is capable of being used to malte a printed manuscript in all respects similar to that made with a standard typewriter.

The device is designed to be held in one hand of the user, just as an ordinary pen or pencil is held, and the letters, of the fout of type used, are shifted into printing position. by operation of the index finger of the hand which grasps the pen.

One of the objects of the invention is to malre a small, incomplex type writing peri which may be held in one hand and used to make typewritten copy.

Other objects, advantages and benefits will hereinafter'appear to persons skilled in the art from a consideration of the following description when taken with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereot, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pen as it is held in position ready to write.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the pen.

Figure 3 is an enlarged, broken, longitudinal, central, vertical section showing the interior of the tubular stylus.

Figure 4 is a similar view `showing the pen in horizontal section.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of a part of the type band.

ln all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

ln an embodiment of the device as shown in the drawings, is a tubular stylus con* traeted at its open end at 11. A band wheel 12 is mounted inside the tube 1() to support the band 13. Near the open end a similar wheel 14, which drives the band, is mounted and which is rotated by a train consisting of the gears 15 and 16. This train is driven by the lmurled wheel 17 which is rotated by a digit of the hand which holds the instrument, preferably the index finger. The wheels 1G and 17 are firmly fined to the shaft 13 andthe wheels 14 and 15 are secured to the shaft 19.

A shaft 20 carries a rectangular block 21 over which the band 13 passes.

Secured to, or a component part of the band 13, which is preferably of soft rubber, is mounted a font of type 22, as clearly shown in Figure 5. Only one letter, 22a, at

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one time can be presented at the opening 20 for printing.

The block 21 serves as a backing for that letter.

An inling roller 23, which may be made of felt, or the like and is mounted on shaft 24. and is constantly in contact with the letters of the type band 13. A door 2:3 may be opened to ink the roller 23 when required.

rlQhe tube 10 has an elongated axial slot 26 through which extends an index or pointer 27. The pointer is secured to the band c-r strap 13 and moves with it. Along` the edge of the slot 26 a series of letters and characters 23, corresponding to those on the band 13, extend and with which the pointer co operates as it is moved along the slot. The arrangement is such that the pointer 27 will indicate the letter that is in printing por-sition, as letter 22 at the open end of the pen, for example, the pointer 27 shows that letter V i s in printing position, at 22,

A guard 29 is provided as a means to as sist in holding the pen. The device is operated by pressing the letter 22a into contact with the printing surface. Assume, for eframple, that it desirable to write the word viz, the letter V is first impressed upon the surface and then the pen is raised therefrom, then the wheel. 17 is rotated with the index finger until the pointer 27 moves to a point opposite the letter I which is then impressed near the letter V and again the wheel 17 is rotated with the index finger of the hand holding the pen until the pointer 27 indicates the letter Z whereupon an impres sion then made beside the letter I and the word is completed. lt requires relatively small movement of wheel 17 to move wheel 14 and the band 13, driven thereby, a considerable distance so that changes of letter positions may be made quite rapidly.

The device is used just as an ordinary rubber stamp in marking the letters on a receiving surface.

A thick protecting, lrnurled wheel 30, extends beyond the tube 10 when the cap 31 has been removed and is operable in the usual manner. An inking pad 32 is removable with the cap.

An eraser 33 is fixed in the outer end of cap 31 and may be enclosed by another cap 311.

The described mechanism of the printing arrangement is mounted in a housing co1nposed of side members 35 and 36 which is insertible within the tube l0 from one end.

I am aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

l. A typographical pen comprising a tubularstylus of uniform size above its lower end, the lower end having an opening therein the plane of which is disposed in oblique position with respect to the axis of the stylus, a block rotatably mounted in said opening, a wheel within said stylus near the other end thereof, a type band within the stylus passing over said block and said wheel, a driving wheel for said band engaging the same on the under side of one run thereof and arranged near said block, a shaft extending transversely of the stylus carrying said wheel, a gear fast on said shaft, a second shaft projecting thru said tube and carrying a gear on its inner end in mesh with the first mentionel gear, a knob on the outer end of said second shaft outside the tube, said stylus having a longitudinal slot with a scale along the same, a pointer secured to said band projecting through said stylus slot and movable with said band and cooperating with said scale to indicate the band character which is in printing position on said block, and an ink roller near the lower end of the tube.

2. A typographical pen comprising a tubular stylus of uniform size having a restricted lower end with an opening therein oblique to the axis of the tube, a pair of. frame members in spaced relation in said tube, a. wheel arranged near the upper ends of said members and supported thereby, a block pivotally mounted in said members at the lower ends thereof, a type band passing over said wheel and said block, a driving wheel for dsaid band carried by a shaft supported in said members, a gear fast on said shaft, a second shaft passing thru the tube and carrying a gear in mesh with said rst mentioned gear, said stylus having a longitudinal slot with a scale along the same, a pointer secured to said band projecting through said slot and movable with said band for cooperating with said scale to indicate the band character which is in printing position on said block, and a hand wheel on said second shaft outwardly of the tube for turning said drive wheel to move said type band.

3. A typographical pen comprising a tubular stylus of uniform size having a restricted lower end with an opening therein oblique to the axis of the tube, a pair of frame members in spaced relation in said tube, a wheel arranged near the upper ends of said members and supported thereby, a block pivot ally mounted in said members at the lower ends thereof and movable within said opening, a type band passing over said wheel and said block, a driving wheel for said band carried by a shaft supported in said members and frictionally engaging said band between said wheel and said block for moving said band, a fast gear on said shaft, a second shaft passing thru the tube and carrying a gear in mesh with said first mentioned gear, and a hand wheel on said second shaft ontwardly of the tube for turning said drive wheel to move said type band, said members being so arranged within said tube as to position said block in the opening in said tube in such manner as to expose a character on said type band outwardly of said opening in printing position, an ink roller mounted between said members to bear against said band, and a pointer fastened to said band and extending thru the tube for indicating what character on said band is in printing position, there being an opening in said tube for permitting access to the ink roller.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

GEORGE ANSTON. 

